Cracked exhaust pipe

[lyndonvang]

Anyone knows if this can be welded? The down pipe cracked all the way and is loose.

 

[mazdaspeedp]

ya same thing happend to mine it can be welded but it probabley will only hold up for a few months after you weld it

 

[UKtheGREAT]

lol Sorry about the laughter, but it's almost as if you posted my pictures from my incident. Exact same issue, I ended up buying lunch to get mine re-welded. Yep, should be 5-10 bucks i'm certain. Sorry about your luck, but I will have you know; mine has been running fine (Aside from the overheating with a brand new everything) regarding the exhaust issue for about 8-10 months i'd say. Anyways, best of luck!

 

[littlemimus]

ya mine did the same thing. i recommend awr motor mounts so this does not happen again.

 

[bvr_j_0969]

If you weld cast steel/iron it has to be welded a certain way. If not it becomes very brittle. And with as much motor movement as the msp has with stock motor mounts it may not last long.

 

[mazdaspeedp]

ya i guess i didnt think that at the time i had bad mounts all around and after i got it fixed i still had bad mounts

 

[lyndonvang]

I'm gona take it to a shop for the weld after work. I just swaped my motor and got new rear and passenger side monnts (from auto zone). I belive I do have front AWR mounts that the previous owner put in. Hope it wasn't the motor mounts that caused it, cause I did park the car for a good 4 months before I started working on it.

 

[lyndonvang]

By the way it sounds pretty nice with the cracked dp might just leave it like that LOL, Jk.